In Tarrant County, House District 93 is an open seat vacated by State Rep. Matt Krause (R–Haslet). Krause is currently a candidate for Tarrant County district attorney. Either former Southlake Mayor Laura Hill or local activist Nate Schatzline will win the GOP...
Currently represented by Stephanie Klick (R-Fort Worth), House District 91 is in Tarrant County. Klick, who has a Fiscal Responsibility Index rating of 54 and came under fire in the 87th Legislative Session for killing legislation that would protect children from...
Currently represented by incumbent Phil Stephenson (R–Wharton), House District 85 covers Wharton, Colorado, Fayette, Austin, Waller counties and part of Fort Bend County. Stephenson, who signed onto a Medicaid expansion package and has a rating of 43 on the Texans for...
Previously only covering Stephens and Palo Pinto counties, HD 60 gained Parker County in the redistricting process. Incumbent State Rep. Glenn Rogers (R–Mineral Wells) will face conservative activist Mike Olcott in the May runoff election. Mike Olcott A research...
Updated with an additional response from Raul Reyes. Senate District 24 covers Sutton, Kimble, Kerr, Bandera, Medina, Gillespie, Llano, Burnet, Lampasas, Coryell, and Bell counties, along with portions of Williamson and Atascosa counties. With State Sen. Dawn...
With cities like Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas routinely regulating more and more of the activities of private businesses, Texans across the Lone Star State expected pre-emption efforts to tackle out-of-control local government to be near the top of the agenda for...
The federal judge in Fort Worth who recently entered final judgment finding the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional now paves the way for the case to move to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. And as the attorney who argued the case on behalf of the individual...
Opponents of paycheck protection reforms have been caught red-handed falsely comparing themselves to charities. These opponents often cite the fact that governments in Texas allow charitable contributions to be automatically deducted from employees’ paychecks as a...
On Thursday, the State Affairs Committee of the Texas Senate considered legislation that would strike a major blow to public-sector unions in the Lone Star State. Senate bill 1968, authored by State Sens. Joan Huffman (R-Brazoria) and Bob Hall (R-Canton), would...
The Texas Chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business, a group that represents small business, recently began a radio ad blitz across the state. The ads, which are airing in Houston, Austin, and all other major cities in the state decry the state’s...
Texas’ tax on business is inefficient, burdensome and complicated, and brings in very little in the way of revenues. While conservatives want the tax eliminated or vastly reformed, the Texas Association of Business wants to keep it like it is. Problem is the tax...
